Improvement in apparatus for dispensing effervescent liquids



A. HAB'ERNICHT. Apparatus for Dispensing Effervescent Liquids.

No. 202,543. Patented April 16, I878.

NJEF'FJIs. PHOTO-LITHOGRlPHER; WASHINGTON. D .C-

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUST HABERNIGHT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN APPARATUS FOR DISPENSING EFFERVESCENT LIQUIDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 202,543, dated April16, 1878 application filed March 28, 1878.

To all whom it mag concern.-

7 Be it known that I, AUGUST HABERNICHT, of the city, county, and Stateof New York, have invented a new and Improved Apparatus for DispensingEffervescent Liquids, which invention is fully described in thefollowing specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawing, in which Figure 1 represents a vertical central section. Fig. 2is a horizontal section in the plane .70 m, Fig. 1.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

This invention consists in the combination, with a pressure-relievingglass vessel, of a valve-seat of india-rubber or other suitable elasticmaterial, fitted into a groove at or near the discharge-spout of saidglass vessel, a valve made of glass, and secured to a metallic rod whichextends through a stuffing-box in the top of the glass vessel, a glassjacket protecting the body of the metallic valve-rod,

a metallic spring, which depresses the valve on its seat, and a shield,which extends over the supply-opening and prevents the inflowing liquidfrom coming in, contact with said spring, so that the liquid, afterhaving passed into the pressure-relievm g glass vessel, is free fromcontact with any metal, and consequently not liable to assume a metallictaste.

In the drawing, the letter A designates a pressure-relievin g vessel,which is made of glass or other vitreous material, and which connects,by means of a tube, B, with a fountain containing champagne or any othereffervescent liquid under pressure. In discharging such liquids from thefountain into atumbler or other vessel for immediate consumption, it isdesirable to use an intermediate vessel, s0 arranged that the surplusgas can be allowed to escape before the liquid discharges into thetumbler. This object is attained by my pressure-relievin g vessel A,which is provided with two valves, a b, the valve 1) being situated inits top, and closing upward, while the valve 0. closes down upon a ring,0, of india-rubber or other suitable elastic material, which is placedinto a recess, d, formed close over the discharge-spout e. The valve ais made of glass, and it is secured to a stem or rod, f, which extendsup through a stuffingbox in the top of the vessel A, and is providedwith a head, 9, through which extends a lever, G, which also bears uponthe stem of the valve 12. By pressing the handle of this lever down,both the valves a and b are opened.

The valve a is depressed on its seat by a metallic spring, h, whichembraces the upper part of the rod f, and bears upon a collar, z",secured to this rod. The inlet-opening j is opposite to the spring h,and in order to prevent the inflowing liquid from coming in contact withsaid spring, the inlet-opening is provided with a shield, It, whichturns downward, as shown in Fig. 1. The main portion of the valve-rod fis protected by a jacket, I, of glass or vitreous material, whichextends from the collar '5 down to the top of the valve a.

By these means the liquid, after having entered the vessel A, is keptfree from contact with any metal, and consequently not liable to assumea metallic taste.

When the hand-lever C is depressed, the surplus gas, which occupies theupper portion of the vessel A, escapes through the valve b, and at thesame time the valve a is raised from its seat, and the liquid dischargesfrom Witnesses W. HAUFF, E. F. KAsTENHUBER.

